The difference swing weight makes

I've been raking leaves a lot lately. The other day I tried a new rake.
It doesn't seem any heavier but it grabs the grass a little deeper. I
was shocked at how quickly I got exhausted using it. I really couldn't
use it. However it is different that difference makes it UNUSABLE. And
it's a small difference. I'd think I could just adapt, slow my tempo
and, sheesh, keep raking. But I'd go under using that thing, well, my
muscles would fatigue to uselessness. It wasn't fun either. The swing
all messed up. Anyway it's amazing how such a small diff in swing weight
wrecks the effort entirely. I suspect our available work-energy is just
really quite small and HUGELY rhythm dependent. It seems like I need
perceptive effortlessness to keep the ball rolling. If I have that, then
I can rake a yard in a jiffy. Without it, I just can't rake.

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